Web Experience Management

Questions/discussions around all the parts of the VCM Content Suite.

Excluding Images from search results.
Hi, One other small question, how can I exclude images from search results? Is this a configuration of Collab, or is a a customisation through livelink, etc. Thanks in advance for any help provided, Cheers,
VgnExtTemplating Resource Property
What is the use of the below property in VgnExtTemplating Resource? default.mapping.cacheLifeTime Thanks, Rahul
Rename Global Variables
Hi Is there a way to easily rename the global variables (not the ones defined in the globals.shtml or the globals_skin.shtml) but the ones referened with the 'Globals.' prefix? For example I wish to change the default name of Private Folder? Is there an easy way to do this without having to access the database? Cheers.
Getting File in widget override
I need to be able to create a file object in the code I am writting to override a widget: File xslFile = new File(path); out.println(xslFile.canRead()); I have tried the obvious (String) values for the path variable. None of them are working because I keep getting a false for the output. Can anyone tell me how to format…
Presentation templates issue
Hi I am not able to open the presentationtemplates properly. The Portal/VCM Site drop down is not loading with thelist of sites. The DNS names do match and this was working fine till recently.Also even if this loads, once I try to load the Portal/Menu item dropdownbelow it, the previous site option dropdown goes away.…
Themes and Skins
Hi All, I am looking for vignette portal APIs which gives me information about themes/skind associated with Menu/Navigation items. Please let me know if any one already worked on these kind of scenarios. Regards, Senthil S
Adjusting some default interface behaviour
Hello, I have been tasked with making some changes to the default behaviour of our Collab site (v7.2). It seems straightforward (and I'm hoping that someone on this forum might tell me that it is) but I am having difficulty with: * Having the Usage Counts option selected by default in all places where it appears *…
Function Library
Hi, Can anybody provide the Function Library? I've seen reference to it in other discussions but haven't been able to locate it anywhere, Thanks in advance!
How can I set portal to responding 404 for invalid urls?
Portal is redirecting to the first site menu item when a invalid url is typed instead of responding with a 404 header or page.If I have a site called "Journal" and create two menu itens, as followingexample:- Home Page (Menuitem's friendlyurl = home)- News Page (Menuitem's friendlyurl = news)If I hit the following URIs I…
Re How can I set portal to responding 404 for invalid urls?
Hi Michael, My main problem is only related with a invalid internal site URI. If someone typesa invalid friendlyurl name in my site, portal should respond as 404 (page no found) instead of redirecting to the first menuitem of that site.? Att, Anderson Gul?o? On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:54 PM, eLink Entry: OpenText Portal…
AttributedObject attributedObjects[]=ci.getRelations() throws null pointer exception
Hi, I am using VCM 7.6.. When any content instance is unpublished, I am consuming the ManagedObjectDelete event through a listener, in the delivery DA. The content instance has one relation with other table and I need to get the values in that related table. I used AttributedObject attributedObjects[]=ci.getRelations()…
Summary & Visible check boxes in a CTD
I have an existing CTD. I have added a relation to this CTD with 4 attributes. Sample XML for the structure is as follows <Author> <AUTHORID/> <FIRSTNAME/> <LASTNAME/> <PUBLISHDETAILS> <ID/> <OWNERID/> <PUBLISHEDTIME/> <UNPUBLISHEDTIME/> </PUBLISHDETAILS> </Author> I have added two HIDDEN widgets for publish time and…
Is it possible to catch the exception in the API when there is unapproved content related to publish
We are using below API to publish the content instance. However, in the content instance, there are some related content is not approved, so it make the publishing invalid. However, below code did not show any exception message if such happen. If in VCM AppConsole, when we manually publish a content instance, it will ask…
Need to know how to find owner of the Menu items?
Hi All, I am working on Vignette portal APIs. I am trying to retrieve access level information for Menuitems/pages. I oculdn't find anything specific to this regard. If anyone came across or knows about this please reply . Thnx Senthil S
Terminate Process on an Object Restored from the Recycle Bin
I have installed the recycle bin and applied a process on all items in it that's deletes objects 14 days after they have been added to the recycle bin. However, when an object is restored, it still has the process running on it. How can I modify the restore.py script to terminate the delete process on an object?
ConfigUtil.getAuthOps() throws connect exception
When I use ConfigUtil.getAuthzOps(), the Delivery DA throws an exception as follows Nested exception is: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) at…
com.vignette.as.client.javabean.ContentType -- getData() is throwing Null Pointer Exception
We are trying to setup the widget configuration JSP and below code is throwing NullPointer Exception and the same code is working fine V7... ContentType relCt = (ContentType) PropertyUtils.getAttribute(request, pageKey, CTMConstants.CONTENTTYPE); ContentTypeData relCtd = relCtd = (ContentTypeData) relCt.getData(); Is…
Where i can get the V8 sample site (includes VAP component) ?
Could you please let me know where can i get (download) the sample site which is having VAP components which can imported to V8 system through vgnimport ? (it would be great if you can provide VAP car file too for the same to import in V8 VAP )
Having trouble creating new v8 style widget
Hi, I am basically just trying to get the v8 sample widget extension to work and am having a bit of trouble. First, I created a simple v7 widget: MySampleWidget.java import com.vignette.as.ui.cm.ctm.shared.widgets.VCMTextWidget; public class MySampleWidget extends VCMTextWidget { } Then, I just basically took the sample v8…
Channel descriptor in V8 /Content view
HI, We have Channel Descriptor in V7.5, this CTD has relations, so as we have realtions this is not possible in V8 with OTM. After Upgrading to V8.0.2 i was able to see Channel MeataData from /AppConsole but not from /Content. Actually in V7.5 we have separate property sheet "ChannelMetaData" in that sheet we are…